The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-08-12
NEWS NOTES.

The Comptroller OF the Curr ency has au-
| thorized the Third Nation al bank OF Piqua,
! o., to begin business with a capital OF $780,.
600.
A notice OF appeal to the Court OF APP
peals in the case of John O'Neil, one OF the
convicted New York Aldermen now in Sing
| Sing, has been filed.
An order in The Dominion Council has
been passed extending the ninety days
cattle quarantine to Manitoba and the
Northwest territories.
The grain elevator Of John W. Richard
son, Greenwich, o., was destroyed by fire
| the other day, with 6,o0J bushels Of wheat
The wheat and elevator were partially in.
| sured.
The Treasury Department has authorized
the admission free of duty of merchandise
intended Tor the Cincinnati exhibition.
The Department OF State has received in
formation of the death, at Bang Kok, jap
an, of William John Higgins, formerly Of
Boston. Mass.
The President has appointed William A.
Fisk to be postmaster at Portsmouth, Va,
vice Ambrose III. Lindsey removed.
Subscriptions for the new Panama canal
loan will be opened simult aneously in Paris
and New York, on the Goth of this month.
A slight earthquake was felt in Sicily
and on the neighboring Italian coasts the
other morning, and was accompanied by
eruptions from Mt 4Etna which, however,
resulted in no damage.
Peter Winker died in great agony in
Jamaica, l.. l., OF lockjaw, the other day,
resulting from the bite of man with
whom he had quarrel on the night of July
4. Winkler refused to have his injured
thumb amputated.
Particulars of the explosion Of the gun
powder magazine at Massowah, on the 18th
inst, show that ten Italian soldiers were
killed, seventy injured, and property to the
amount Of 500, ZOO destroyed.
The invitation extended to Governor Hill,
OF new York, to be present at Philadelphia
on the occasion Of the Centennial annivers-
airy OF the adoption Of the United States
Constitution has been accepted.
The members OF the new Iron and Steel
Workers District, X. of L., in Pittsburgh,
have received letter from Secretary
Leichman, of the general board, stating
that the charter demanded by the new dis.
trict has been refused.
It is announced that "Billy" West, the
famous negro minstrel, has married an
heIress-Miss Rumelia J. Morris, dar rhter
OF the late F. J. Morris, x-Unitcd States
Minister to Turkey-at Camden, Peuusyl.
vania and Jerseys Gretna Green.
The fete in commenloration Of the Storm.
lingo the Bastile was celebrated through
out France the other day, and in no place
as yet heard from was there any disorder.
In view Of the sullen temper Of the people
this fact is remarkable.
The Pope is suffering from stomach
trou bles, and owing to the bad condition of
his teeth is able to eat but little. He con-
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sumes great quantities, and performes
great amount of work each day in spite OF
his ailments.
A Rome correspondent says that the Pop I,
in conversation with an American Bishop,
said that Dr. Mc(ilynn lost his best oppor
tunity in not going to Rome while Cardinal
Gibbons was there, as he would have seen
that the church was the supporter Of the
many against the feudal laws.
Prcsly Hubbard aud Ed. Reed, farmers
of Saline County, Illinois, quarrcled near
Eldorado, the other day, over fight be.
tween their sons, and Reed struck Hubbard
with his fist with such force as to break
his neck. Both men stood high up in the
community. Reed gave himself up.
A meeting Of the creditors Of Garden &
Co, manufacturers OF veneer seats, No. Al
West Forty second street, New York, was
held the other day. Astatement was pre-
sented showing their liabilities to be $685.
OOO. The exact value of the assets was not
known, and committee OF five was APP
pointed to make an examination.
Jay Cooke, son Of the former Governor Of
the District of Columbia, and for a number
OF years prominently identified with the
stock brokerage business IN Washington
City, died of bright's disease in that city u
few days ago.
IL is said that freshets along the Rio
Grande have altered the channel and that
the United States has gained some territory
by the change. The Didrio O5iciel urged the
government TO settle the long neglected
question of the exact boundary by means
OF joint Mexican American commission on
the subject.
The last Legislature OF Alabama passed
law requiring engineers on all railroads
entering the State TO take out n license and
pass medical examination that their eye
sight was good and making them respoDsi-
BILE for all cattle killed. Few of the en-
gineers have complied with the law and q
| strike is feared. 1t is certain that many
will be arrested.
Mgr. Pesico, the Pope's special envoy TO
Ireland, is pursuing his inquiry into tho
condition of Ireland at Dublin, by methods
peculiar TO himself. He receives with equal
urbanity persons OF all classes and condi-
tons, and appears TO devote more attention
TO disseminating the idea that he is wholly
unbiased than 10 the collection Of informa-
tion germane to the object OF his visit.
However, as the real work of the mission
devolves upon his secretary, Mgr, Gualdi,
perhaps the eccentricitics OF Mgr. Persico
will not impair the value OF the Vatican's
researches.
The circulars prepared by tho Pope in
reference TO the election OF Prince Ferdi.
nand as Prince of Bulgaria has been pre-